The instruments

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• The six-stringed guitar-banjo might be the most obvious choice. Tuned like a guitar, you can use it for a lot of the standard bluesguitar stuff.
• The plectrum banjo with its deep, throaty, voice, is another good choice.
• The tenor banjo is the Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde of the banjo family. In standard (CGDA) tuning it's the mainstay in dixieland bands and its brilliant tone is well suited for noisy big city goodtime blues. If you tune it low like the Irish often do, it's suddenly a completley different instrument: dark, dangerous and well-suited both for soft understated down-to-earth blues and heavy kick-in-the-stomach R&B.
• The five-string banjo is the archtypical bluegrass instrument, perfect for goodtime party music. Hey! we got that in blues too!
• The mandolin-banjo and the banjolin are hybrids between a mandolin a banjo. Perfect for those really high solo lines!
• The banjolele... well, if you happen to put your hands on one, try it and see what you think.
• The bass banjo may be the perfect bass instrument for acoustic blues; more portable than a double bass and with a better acoustic sound than an acoustic bass guitar.
• The zither-banjo is a rather peculiar instrument, and perhaps not your first choice for the blues, but try it if you find one! At least it's a fun instrument to play!

Content

• Banjos A-Z
• The banjo family
• Instrument info
• The banjo harp
• The banjolele
• The bass banjo
• The five-string banjo
• The guitar-banjo
• The mandolin-banjo
• The plectrum banjo
• The tenor banjo
• The zither banjo

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